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Appendix A Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images
Working with Configuration Files
ip rcmd remote-username User0
If the switch IP address translates to Switch1.company.com, the .rhosts file for User0 on the RCP
server should contain this line:
Switch1.company.com Switch1
For more information, see the documentation for your RCP server.
Downloading a Configuration File By Using RCP
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to download a configuration file by using RCP:
This example shows how to copy a configuration file named host1-confg from the netadmin1 directory
on the remote server with an IP address of 172.16.101.101 and load and run those commands on the
switch:
Switch# copy rcp://netadmin1@172.16.101.101/host1-confg system:running-config
Configure using host1-confg from 172.16.101.101? [confirm]
Connected to 172.16.101.101
Loading 1112 byte file host1-confg:![OK]
Switch#
%SYS-5-CONFIG: Configured from host1-config by rcp from 172.16.101.101
This example shows how to specify a remote username of netadmin1. Then it copies the configuration
file host2-confg from the netadmin1 directory on the remote server with an IP address of 172.16.101.101
to the startup configuration:
Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)# ip rcmd remote-username netadmin1
Switch(config)# end
Switch# copy rcp: nvram:startup-config
Command Purpose
Step 1 Verify that the RCP server is properly configured by
referring to the “Preparing to Download or Upload a
Configuration File By Using RCP” section on
page A-16.
Step 2 Log into the switch through the console port or a
Telnet session.
Step 3 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.
This step is required only if you override the default remote
username (see Steps 4 and 5).
Step 4 ip rcmd remote-us ername username (Optional) Specifesthe remote username.
Step 5 end Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 6 copy
rcp:[[[//[username@]location]/directory]/filename]
system:running-config
or
copy
rcp:[[[//[username@]location]/directory]/filename]
nvram:startup-config
Using RCP, copies the configuration file from a network
server to the running configuration or to the startup
configuration file.